Page 2 - Border First News Today

This actually comes to some sort of conclusion and the government opens back up. >> well, i think, again, democrats take back control of the house in a couple of days. theyre going to pass something to the senate, mitch mcconnell. i think its very hard for the senate to not vote for something when theyve already done something. theyve already approved unanimously a bill that would have ended this shutdown or not even started it for crying out loud. and for them to not vote for that now would loo...

Here is what you said in the 2006 "washington post" interview. you said, quote, i tend to think that the rational approach is to find a way to give people a pathway to citizenship. you also as governor of arkansas advocated for some type of financial assistance or help for those attending in-state colleges but in the country illegally. where are you on immigration? >> ive always been in the same place, secure the border first, dont provide amnesty, but dont be irrational. people are not angry ab...

Here is what you said in the 2006 "washington post" interview. you said, quote, i tend to think that the rational approach is to find a way to give people a pathway to citizenship. you also as governor of arkansas advocated for some type of financial assistance or help for those attending in-state colleges but in the country illegally. where are you on immigration? >> ive always been in the same place, secure the border first, dont provide amnesty, but dont be irrational. people are not angry ab...

I agree with you 100%. quickly, about the closing the border. what about giving some of that federal land away or selling the federal land? give it away, let farmers ranch that but they have to keep the borders close. i know it will take business away from you with the i.c.e. agents but may bay way to do that. >> the border down there, thats really not our thing. we do everything in between the borders so thats not going to take any business away from us. >> okay. well, ill say thank you to you,...

Guarantee illegals cant get a green card until the security components are in place. >> this has the most tangible, not subjective, tangible triggers that you can possibly put in place. every american can look at this bill, can look at the implementation and see that tangibly things are in place. >> reporter: the amendment estimated to cost more than $30 billion would build a 700 mile border fence, add new technology, including radar, night vision, drones, implement e-verify so illegals cant fin...

Its not fair to say that. i dont support the use of the executive power to obtain it. and i think what marco rubio has said, and im not sure what the rest of that quote would have been. but every other time ive heard him make that quote, he said, and this kind of thing makes it harder to really go back and solve the problem. any time you complicate the regular system by throwing something in thats outside the constitution, outside the way laws are made, you dont make it easier to solve this prob...

Senator mccain had a discussion on the way forward. i think my house colleagues, republicans and democrats would rally around the idea of stronger border security as a start. the mccain some mccal ten-point plan for border security i think is the best way to start those debate. pass those measures as stand-alone bills and it puts pressure on all of us. >> you think you can do it this year? >> i think its the way forward. ive taken a beating at times for trying to come up with a comprehensive -- ...

Virginia, courthouse yesterday. two suspects have admitted to being russian citizens using fake identities in the u.s. the tour de france kicks off today. this will be lance armstrongs last one. 20-stage race begins in the netherlands and ends in paris. armstrong is going after his eighth championship. those are the top stories right now. brian, back to you. >> brian: all right, thank you very much, molly. secure the border first, then work on immigration legislation. that is the message of ma...

Across but you can sure do a lot better job than we have. and the american people are saying, secure the border first, and then well consider the comprehensive immigration reform the president is talking about. jon: he seems to reject that point and i wrote this quote down, he said, there are those who argue we should not move forward with any aspect of immigration reform until our borders are totally secure. he seemed to be alluding to that flap that you got involved in 4 after your one-on-one ...

"magazine. and matt lewis. >> i agree woo need to secure the border, thats obvious. i would do that first, think if you secure the border first, youre going to have a lot more cooperation on everything else. from republicans and democrats. im opposed to this biometrics thing. >> i want to pick up biometrics. ari, your thoughts before we get to the national i.d. >> people have been talking about securing the border for a long time. thats a piece of it, a sweetener for an eight-year path for the s...